Job overview

*Please note this advert may close early due to a high volume of applications*

Are you an innovative Physiotherapist with a passion for improving rehabilitation outcomes and driving new ways of working?

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking Physiotherapist with experience  to join our community hospital team to support the development and evaluation of Discharge to Assess therapy interventions. This exciting role will focus on demonstrating the impact of earlier therapy involvement, reducing hospital-associated deconditioning, and delivering person-centred rehabilitation that enables patients to achieve their goals and return home sooner.

Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and wider community services, you will help shape and implement evidence-based approaches that maximise patient independence, improve functional outcomes, and support effective patient flow across the healthcare system.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to service transformation and help shape the future delivery of rehabilitation within community hospitals. You will play a key role in demonstrating how  therapeutic intervention can improve patient outcomes, reduce deconditioning, enhance patient experience, and support timely discharge and patient flow as part of the Discharge to Assess pathways.

• Deliver timely Physiotherapy assessment and intervention 
• Support the implementation and evaluation of innovative rehabilitation pathways designed to promote earlier intervention from therapy services.
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of outcome measures that demonstrate the impact of therapy on patient recovery, independence, and length of stay.
• Facilitate person-centred rehabilitation programmes that focus on individual strengths, goals, and meaningful activity.
• Work proactively to prevent and reduce deconditioning through early mobilisation, functional rehabilitation, and promotion of independence.
• Collaborate with MDT to identify opportunities for service improvement and enhanced patient flow.
• Support patients and families in planning for discharge and ongoing rehabilitation needs.
• Contribute to quality improvement, audit, and service development initiatives.

Together, we are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred rehabilitation that enables people to live as independently as possible and achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.